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The jury is still out on what this portends for studio movies in China going forward, but a strong indication could come toward the end of the year, while there also have been some signs that authorities are relaxing censorship policies.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025 -
Layoffs don’t always portend future problems: Companies who enact them as part of a broader change in strategy, Cascio says, fare better than those who enact them simply to cut costs.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
7 Mar. 2025
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Property records indicate that a Rosemary Casarotti lived in Shasta County, California as of 2023, The Circle K where Casarotti purchased the winning ticket received $1 million for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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And various reports indicate that BlackRock CEO Larry Fink reached out to Trump in the wake of his comments to set a possible transaction in motion.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Mar. 2025
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Under that paradigm, Evo acquires an uncanny knack for divining what sequences are compatible with life and for spinning out useful variations of nature’s molecules.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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Calendrical divination Calendars have long been used to divine the future and establish the best times to perform certain activities.—
Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Mango invested 219 million euros in its expansion efforts last year, out of the 600 million euros foreseen through 2026.—
David Moin,
WWD,
10 Mar. 2025
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Others foresee the product being diluted with countless streaming spinoff series.—
Colin Burnett,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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The fans who showed up Stadium Court on Thursday anticipated a tough, close match, as did Gauff.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Analysts anticipate that Klarna's buy now, pay later integration into DoorDash could serve as a test case for further adoption in the on-demand economy.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Both the hosting of the Games and the adoption of the euro in 2001 seemed to betoken an unaccustomed self-confidence, optimism and national pride among Greeks.—
Alan Cowell,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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The book betokens an acceptance of ever-encroaching mortality.—
Christina Cacouris,
The New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2024
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The women's conference tournament foreshadowed a chaotic (but oh-so-good) March Madness.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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The New York Yankees’ worst nightmare has come true, though there were certainly signs that foreshadowed their most devastating injury yet this spring.—
Gary Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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Retailers are sounding the alarm Executives at America’s retail stores have recently warned of consumers feeling stretched and becoming cautious of their spending.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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However, as Strickland and his colleagues warn, this same capability could also be a stepping stone to more sophisticated forms of deception—an unsettling thought in the context of alignment faking and AI’s ability to manipulate human oversight.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Presignify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presignify. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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